Retort-radiator.



Patented Aug. I3, Ism. o. c. TRUKENMILLER.

BETOBT RADIATOR. (Application med my 17, 1901-.)

(No Model.)

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OSCAR O. TRUKENMILLER, OF MANSFIELD, OHIO.

RETO RT-RADIATO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part 0f Letters Patent No. 680,470, dated August 13, 1901.

Application iiled May 17, 1901.

T0 all whom, t tay concern:

Beit known that I, OSCAR C. TEUKENMIL- LER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Mansfield, in the county of Richland and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Radiator, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to retort-radiators employed for supplying heat to rooms remote from the source of heat-supply; and it consists in the construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as hereinafter shown and described, and specifically pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation illustrating one form of the apparatus, and Fig. 2 is a similar view illustrating a modification in the construction.

My improved radiator consists of a preferably cylindrical drum 1, having a closed base end 2 and the upper or opposite end open and provided with a removable closure 3, as shown. The closure 3 is shown removably connected to the drum portion by an annular rim 4, engaging the upper edge of the drum portion 1, so that the cap may be removed from the drum at will.

In the modication shown in Fig. 1 the base 2 is formed of cast metal with supportingfeet 5, which will be the form generally used when the device is to be arranged to rest upon a door 6, While in the modification shown in Fig. 2 the base is shown conical in shape, which will be the form generally employed when the device is supported entirely by the smoke-Hue and disconnected from the iioor. While the cast-iron structure for the bottom 2 shown in Fig. 1 may be employed in some forms of the structure, I do not wish to be limited thereto, as the whole drum portion and both ends may be of sheet metal, if

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the connection 7 is an extension 9, projecting into the drum 1 diagonally, as shown, and

ending near the bottom 2 at 10 at one side of 55 the drum, while a similar extension 11 projects upwardly from the connection 8 and terminates at 12 near the opposite side of the drum. The inside flue-sections therefore stand in angular relations to the drum 1, with 6o the discharge end 12 at the highest practicable point near one side and with the receiving end 10 of the receiving due-section 9 at the lowest practicable point on the other side,

whereby the smoke and other products of combustion are carried to the remotest points of the interior of the drum and insures the permeation of all parts of the interior and insures the largest possible degree of radiation of and thereby effectually secures the great- 7o est possible economy in the use of the heat which is carried off with the smoke and which would otherwise be wasted by being carried into the chimney.

The upper flue-section 9 is connected per- 7 5 manently to the top 3, so that when the top is removed the section will be removed with it, which is a very important feature of my invention, as this simple expedient provides for the complete and easy accessibility of all 8o the parts for cleaning or repairs and without the necessity for forcibly disconnecting or breaking any parts.

The whole radiator may thus be entirely dismembered'when required for cleaning or 85 same time retaining the outside connections centrally of the drum, which is a very important feature of my invention, as I am thereby enabled to maintain the symmetrical form of the drum and insure its introduction into the line of the flue between the stove or roo furnace or other source of heat-'supplyland the chimney without altering the direct line or rendering it necessary to employ osets or other irregular connections therein. This is Another ad- 9o of said first-mentioned diagonally-disposed 15 flue-section, whereby the smoke and products of combustion are carried to the remotest parts ot' saiddrum, and the outside flue conneetions maintained centrally of the drum, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my si gnature in the presence of Witnesses.

OSCAR C. TRUKENMILLER.

Witnesses: y

A. J. TWITCHELL, W. H. GIFFORD, R. W. HARTMAN. 

